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Definition broom

Etymology 1

From Middle English broom, from Old English br?m (“brushwood”), from Proto-Germanic *br?m- (“bramble”) (compare Saterland Frisian Brom, West Frisian brem, Dutch braam, German Low German Braam), from Proto-Indo-European *b?rem-, from *b?er- ‘edge’. Related to brim, brink.

Noun

broom (countable and uncountable, plural brooms)

1. (countable) A domestic utensil with fibers bound together at the end of a long handle, used for sweeping.
2. (countable, curling) An implement with which players sweep the ice to make a stone travel further and curl less; a sweeper.
3. Any of several yellow-flowered shrubs of the family Fabaceae, in the tribe Genisteae, including genera Cytisus, Genista, and Spartium, with long, thin branches and small or few leaves.

Verb

broom (third-person singular simple present brooms, present participle brooming, simple past and past participle broomed)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To sweep with a broom.
2. (roofing) To improve the embedding of a membrane by using a broom or squeegee to smooth it out and ensure contact with the adhesive under the membrane.

Etymology 2

Verb

broom (third-person singular simple present brooms, present participle brooming, simple past and past participle broomed)

1. (nautical) Alternative form of bream (to clean a ship's bottom)

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